Minds' capacity to do says Commager
Historian Henry Steele Commager told Baylor University students that Americans have lost faith in the future and leadership in politics and philosophy. He warned that institutions are stuck in the 19th century and ill equipped for the 21st, urging a shift toward future-oriented thinking and bold ideas beyond today.
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Henry Steele Commager
Baylor University
Commager
Baylor Hall
Darwin Rebuilds After Cyclone Tracy Devastation
Darwin slowly returns to life after Cyclone Tracy. The 200 mph winds on Christmas Day 1974 left Darwin devastated, with 49 dead, hundreds injured, and 16 missing. Government planning aims to rebuild the town as the largest Australian project to date in recovery efforts.
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Darwin
Australia
Tracy
Australian Army
Navy
Department of Housing and Construction
VA To Pay Insurance Dividends in 1975
The VA will pay a record 335 million in life insurance dividends during 1975 to veterans with in force World War I World War II and Korean Conflict policies. NSLI dividends total 307.5 million for 3.72 million WWII policyholders and USGSI dividends amount to 22 million for 130 thousand WWI holders. Average payouts rise from 75 to 83 dollars for WWII and from 56 to 169 dollars for WWI.
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Waco VA
Jack Coker
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NSLI
VSLI
Coker
Russian Winter Defies Norms With Unseasonable Warmth
Moscow and several Soviet cities endure a mild winter with mean temperatures five to seven degrees above normal since last September. Skaters pack away, drivers deal with mud, and crops face risk as experts warn February may bring cold snaps despite a rare extended warm spell across Russia.
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Moscow
Russia
Leningrad
Arkhangelsk
White Sea
Karsnoyarsk
Siberia
Kazakhstan
Lake Balkash
Sea of Aral
European
Soviet Union
Mikhail Petro
Soviet Hydrometeorological Center
Atlantic Ocean
European Russia
Urals
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